Vehicle-pole.



No. 890,167. PATENTED .TUNE 9, 1908. C. W. NEEDLES.

y VEHICLE' POLE. A APPLICATION FILED AUG. 31. 1907.

. hicle poles in which i 'the pole -1s broken,- a new forward end portion may be that may bequickl 'ordlnary blacksmith or wagon repair shop,

UNrrED .STATE T OFFICE.

CHARLES W. NEEQLES, OF ATLANTIC, IOWA.

vEHrcLEoLE.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1908.

Application filed August 31, 1907. Serial No. 390,926.

ful Vehicle-Pole, vof which'the following is al specification,

My invention relates to that class of vethe rear portion of the polc'proper is curved downwardly and rearward y, and the entire pole is formed of a single piece of hickory orfother'tough wood.

Myobject is to provide a forward end for so constructed that if the pole proper substituted readily, quickly and easily.

A further objec/ is to `)rovide means for splicing poles of. the usual kind so that the curved rearend may ble used, and only the straight forward. portionof the .pole need b e substituted in case the forward end is broken, and further to provide m'ans of this kindof simple, durable and inexpensive construction y and easily applied in any and thatwill leave the re )aired ole fully as stronger stronger than t ev original wooden .pele- .My invention consists in. the construction,

arrangement and'combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the ob'ects contemplated' are attained, as hereina ter more fully set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,- in Which-.- j l Figure 1 shows a plan view of a vehicle pole embodying my invention; enlarged l ou iutudinal sectiona rear end portion of the pole, and an. enlarged sectional vrew on'the line 3 *3 o'f Fir'. 2.1 Ieferrinv to the accompanyin I have usedthe referencenu'rneralzcate the pole hound, and 11 the 1'0A to in iextendedforwardly and inwardly. The' ole proper'comprises a body portion 12, of w. ich

only the rear end is shown in the'drawin s.

It 1s of the class that is usuallv made of hic lory or other tough wood', and its rear end is pointed out in my claims and Fifi. 2 shows anview of the Fig. 3 shows.

drawings,

braces secured to the ends of the pole hound and yond the pole section 12. The forward end of the pole is fornied'of a sheet metal tube 16 tapered fromits rear tol itsfront end, and having inserted in it a wooden filler 17. The rear end of this filler is formed with a long 16. The forward end of the pole section 12 is formed with a corresponding beveled por tion to'enter the tube 16. o In use, after the tube 16 is formed, I force the wooden filler 17 into it .under pressure so. as to completely fill the interior of the tube and prevent the tube from becoming 'indented or buckled. of the tube over the section 12' so that a nection is pole sections. In order to firmly reinforce and brace the pole at the connection, there is a strap 15 extended forwardl beyond the joint and-which is connected Witii the forward .pole section by means of a bolt 19. :The braces 11 are extended along the sides of the pole far enough to overlap'the joint, and'one olt 20 is passed through the vtub'e 16 and the pole section 12, and another bolt 21 through the tube 16 and the wooden filler 17. In this way, the pole is made stronger at the joint than at anyother part tl'noughout its length. In practical use, it is my purpose to supply the trade with both the finishedpoles constructed as above described, as well as the tubes 16 having the wooden filler therein with its rear end beveled as shown. when a ole is broken at some point in front of the iiraces 11, the operator need only remove the braces 11, then cut the forward end of the ole section 12 on a bevel correforward end ofthe pole strong and durable con- ,ler 17. He may then force the tube 16 over the beveled forward end of the section 12 and insert the bolts as descri ed. In this way a pole `may be made that is as stronfr or stronger than was the ori inal pole, and the expense of the forward po e section and the labor required for placing it in position, is very slight as comparedwlth the cost of a new wooden pole.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States",therefor, is

In .'a device of the class described, the combination of a vehicle pole hound, a rear pole section fixed to the pole hound and'extended forward, and upward,4 andhaving its ole ' forward endl-beveled, a forward pole section bevel at 18, 'which lies wholly within the tube I then force the rear end Then' 1sponding with the rear end of the wooden' made between the forward and rear comprising asheet metal tube ta ered from its'rear' toits forward end, said s ieet metal tube extending rearwardly from the beveled ortion of the rear pole section, a wooden ler in the. sheet metal tube havin 4a tapered. ,rear end designed to t against t.

e tapered forward end of the rear pole section, bolts passed through the said. sheet metal tube and through both' the forward andrear pole seeti0ns, a'metal strap belted to the rear pole section and extending under the forward' pole section, a bolt passed through the forward pole section and through said strap, and two braces fixed to the pole hound and extended adjacent to the rear end of' the 1.5

forw ard pole section, the .said bolts that pass through the forward and rear ole sections being also extended through sald braces.

Des.Moines, Iowa, July 25, 1907.

CHARLES W. NEEDLES.

Witnesses: M. E. BENNETT, A. G. HAGUE. 

